Analysis of Thermal Behaviour in the Active Layer of Degrading Mountain Permafrost

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Xiaohai Zhou, Thomas Buchli, Wolfgang Kinzelbach, Fritz Stauffer, Sarah M. Springman
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Talik; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1827

Mountain permafrost is highly susceptible to the effects of climate warming, because its thermal regime is close to 0 °C. This can be evidenced by the acceleration of average annual creep rates of several rock glaciers in the Swiss Alps, whereby some exhibit even more extreme signs of degradation. M...